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    APPLICABILITY & EFFECTIVITY Effective for all systems manufactured after January 1, 1999 Instruction Manual Part Number FS - 8704 - 13 Version 1.00 Revision 1.a 9/26/2002 Driver Manual (Supplement to the FieldServer Instruction Manual) FS - 8704 - 13 GE - SRTP Ethernet Driver A Sierra Monitor Company[...]

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    FS - 8704 - 13 GE - SRTP Driver Manual FieldServer Technologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support @fieldserver.com Page I TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. GE - SRTP Driver Description ........................................................................[...]

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    FS - 8704 - 13 GE - SRTP Driver Manual FieldServer T echnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support @fieldserver.com Page 1 1. GE - SRTP Driver Description The GE - SRTP driver allows the FieldServer to transfer data to and from devices over Eth[...]

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    FS - 8704 - 13 GE - SRTP Driver Manual FieldServer T echnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support @fieldserver.com Page 2 2. Driver Scope of Supply 2.1 Supplied by FieldServer Technologies for this driver UTP cab le (7 foot) for Ethernet conne[...]

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    FS - 8704 - 13 GE - SRTP Driver Manual FieldServer T echnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support @fieldserver.com Page 3 3. Hardware Connections Make sure the device IP_add ress is configured to be on the same IP network as on the FieldServer[...]

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    FS - 8704 - 13 GE - SRTP Driver Manual FieldServer T echnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support @fieldserver.com Page 4 4. Configuring the FieldServer as a GE - SRTP Driver Client For a detailed discussion on FieldServer configuration, pleas[...]

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    FS - 8704 - 13 GE - SRTP Driver Manual FieldServer T echnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support @fieldserver.com Page 5 4.2 Client Side Connections Section Title Adapter Column Title Function Legal Values Adapter Specify which port the devic[...]

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    FS - 8704 - 13 GE - SRTP Driver Manual FieldServer T echnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support @fieldserver.com Page 6 4.4.2 Driver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters Column Title Function Legal Values Node_Name Name of Node to fetch data f[...]

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    FS - 8704 - 13 GE - SRTP Driver Manual FieldServer T echnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support @fieldserver.com Page 7 4.4.4 Map Descriptor Example 1 – Simple Read. This example provides a map descriptor to read 10 bytes of Discrete Input[...]

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    FS - 8704 - 13 GE - SRTP Driver Manual FieldServer T echnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support @fieldserver.com Page 8 4.4.5 Map Descriptor Example 2 – Simple Write This example writes data from the Fieldse rver data array called DA_AO to[...]

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    FS - 8704 - 13 GE - SRTP Driver Manual FieldServer T echnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support @fieldserver.com Page 9 4.4.6 Map Descriptor Example 3 – Handling Bits. This exampl e shows how to read 1 couple of bits from a data table rath[...]

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    FS - 8704 - 13 GE - SRTP Driver Manual FieldServer T echnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support @fieldserver.com Page 10 5. Configuring the FieldServer as a GE - SRTP Driver Server For a detailed discussion on FieldServer configuration, plea[...]

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    FS - 8704 - 13 GE - SRTP Driver Manual FieldServer T echnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support @fieldserver.com Page 11 5.2 Server Side Connections Section Title Adapter Column Title Function Legal Values Adapter Specify which port the devi[...]

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    FS - 8704 - 13 GE - SRTP Driver Manual FieldServer T echnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support @fieldserver.com Page 12 5.3 Server Side Nodes Section Title Nodes Column Title Function Legal Values Node_Name Provide name for node Up to 32 al[...]

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    FS - 8704 - 13 GE - SRTP Driver Manual FieldServer T echnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support @fieldserver.com Page 13 5.4.2 Driver Specific Map Descriptor Parameters Column Title Function L egal Values Data_Type Data type Use one of the D[...]

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    FS - 8704 - 13 GE - SRTP Driver Manual FieldServer T echnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support @fieldserver.com Page 14 5.4.4 Map Descriptor Example. In this example the FieldServer can respond to polls the request %R data provided that the[...]

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    FS - 8704 - 13 GE - SRTP Driver Manual FieldServer T echnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support @fieldserver.com Page 15 6. Driver Notes 6.1 Driver Stats The statistics recorded by the GE - SNPX Serial Driver are slightly different from the [...]

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    FS - 8704 - 13 GE - SRTP Driver Manual FieldServer T echnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support @fieldserver.com Page 16 10 GE_STAT_MBOX_NAK_MINOR 11 GE_STAT_MBOX_NAK_CNT 12 GE_STAT_MBOX_PROG_NUM 13 GE_STAT_M BOX_SWEEP 14 GE_STAT_MBOX_PLC_ST[...]

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    FS - 8704 - 13 GE - SRTP Driver Manual FieldServer T echnologies 1991 Tarob Court Milpitas, California 95035 (408) 262 - 2299 fax: (408) 262 - 9042 Visit our website: www.fieldserver.com E - mail: support @fieldserver.com Page 17 *SRTP:#6 FYI. Connect remaining bytes non - zero This message requires no user action. It is intended for Fieldserver su[...]